Button



March 14, 1939. RlCHMGND ET AL 2,150,563

' BUTTON File'd May 7, 1938 ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 14, 1939 N oFFi-ee BUTTON Louis Richmond, New York, and David Eckert, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application May 7, 1938, Serial No. 206,568

1 Claim.

This invention relates to buttons generally and more particularly to buttons adapted for use in connection with fur coats or coats made of heavy fabrics, and has for one of its objects the provision of a shankless button, which, instead of being sewn to the garment is tied thereto by means of a tape or the like carried by the button.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a button of the nature referred to, in which the securing tape is not visible from the front or outside of the button.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a button of this nature, comprising an outer button disk or body portion in which is suitably housed an insert, said insert carrying the button securing means.

Another object is to produce a device of the character described in which the maximum sim-. plicity of construction and operation is secured.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the nature of the improvements is better understood, the invention consisting substantially in the novel arrangement and co-relation of parts herein'fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then finally pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claim.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and the latter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

In the accompanying drawing;

Figure 1 is a sectional view of one form of our improved button showing same secured to the coat fabric;

,Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the outer disk looking from the bottom of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the inner disk;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, of a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a sectional View of a still further modified form of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a top plan View thereof;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the inner disk used in connection with the last mentioned modified form; and

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view of still another form of the invention.

Some buttons now commonly used in connection with heavy fabric and fur coats are of the type which include a shank by which means they are secured to the coat. The aforementioned shanks comprise a wire loop imbedded in the button disk which often break off, such breakage causing, besides the loss of the button, extra labor in securing a new button in place. It is to obviate this undesirable feature that we have perfected the button of our present invention.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawing in detail, It indicates a button comprising an outer disk H having a central bore or depression 12 in which there is cemented or glued an inner disk 13 provided with a pair of perforations M. The central bore l2 extends only part way through the thickness of the disk I! so as to provide an imperforate top wall T. The said inner disk may be provided at the top surface thereof with a depression or cut-out NS for accommodating a tape or cord Hi, the free ends of which pass through the perforations M. the said ends being passed through the coat material I! and tied as at [B for securing the button to the coat.

In Fig. 4, there is shown a modified form of the invention, wherein, instead of inserting the disk from the bottom of the button, a jewel setting or housing 20 is inserted into a central bore 2| of the outer button disk Ila from the top thereof. The said setting is provided with a pair of perforations 22 in the bottom wall 23 thereof so that the securing tape l6 may be passed through the said jewel setting perforations and through the outer disk perforations 24 to be secured to the coat material 11. The jewel 25 is inserted into the setting 2| after the tape I6 is passed through the various openings, and acts to cover the said tape as well as to ornament the button.

In Figs. 5 to '7 there is shown a still further modified form of the invention wherein instead of utilizing a jewel and setting, there is provided an inner disk 30 which fits into the central depression or bore 2Ia of the outer disk Ill). The said inner disk 30 may be provided with a horizontal hole 3! and with a pair of vertically ex-- tending cut-outs or cavities 32 through which and through the outer disk openings 24, the tape 16 is drawn. In this form of the invention the outer or upper surface 33 of the inner disk 30 may be suitably engraved or otherwise ornamented.

In Fig. 8 there is shown a still further modified form of the invention wherein no inner disk is used, but the button 35 is, provided with a fiat bottom surface 36. A pair of holes 31 are drilled at an angle to the surface 36, the said holes meeting at the center to provide means through which the tape I6 is threaded.

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have provided a shankless button adapted to be secured to coats of heavy textures by means of a tape which passes through the button in such a manner as to be invisible from the front.

Having described our invention what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: A button comprising an outer disk formed with a socket opening through one face of the disk and being of less depth than the thickness of the disk, and an inner disk fitting snugly into said socket with its outer end face flush with the corresponding end face of the outer disk, the inner disk being formed with a diametrically extending bore having lateral extension at its ends registering with openings extending from the socket to the other face of the outer disk whereby a securing cord may be threaded through the bore of the inner disk and have its end. portions passed outwardly aforesaid openings.

LOUIS RICHMOND. DAVID ECKERT.

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